AP World History Flashcards

14617006646	Absolutism	the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters.	0
14617006647	Administer	to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of	1
14617006648	Afro-	African	2
14617006649	Agrarian	relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.	3
14639458191	Analyze	examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.	4
14639458192	Anti-Semitism	hostility to or prejudice against Jews	5
14639458193	Arable	used or suitable for growing crops	6
14639458194	-Archy	government	7
14639458195	Aristocracy	the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.	8
14639458196	Authoritarian	favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom	9
14639458197	Balance of Power	a situation in which nations of the world have roughly equal power	10
14639458198	Bureaucracy	a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives	11
14639458199	Causation	the action of causing something	12
14639458200	-Centric	in or at the center; central	13
14639458201	City-State	a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state	14
14639458202	Coerce	persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats	15
14639458203	Colony	a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country	16
14639458204	Conscription	compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces	17
14639458205	Context	the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed	18
14639458206	Coup d'etat	a sudden overthrow of the government	19
14639458207	Deforestation	the action of clearing a wide area of trees	20
14639458208	Deity	a god or goddess	21
14639458209	Democracy	a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives	22
14639458210	Demography	the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations	23
14639458211	Diffusion	the spreading of something more widely	24
14639458212	Dynasty	a line of hereditary rulers of a country	25
14639458213	Egalitarian	of, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities	26
14639458214	Empire	an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress	27
14639458215	Globalization	the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale	28
14639458216	Hierarchy	a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority	29
14639458217	Indenture	a legal agreement, contract, or document	30
14639458218	Kinship	blood relationship	31
14639458219	Mettalurgy	the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification	32
14639458220	Migration	seasonal movement of animals from one region to another	33
14640129354	Nation-State	a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent	34
14640129355	Nomadic	living the life of a nomad; wandering	35
14640129356	Pastoral	used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle	36
14640129357	Patriarchy	a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line	37
14640129358	Raw Material	the basic material from which a product is made	38
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14640129359	Secular	denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis	40
14640129360	Syncretism	the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought	41
14640129361	Synthesis	the combination of ideas to form a theory or system	42
14640129362	Stratification	the arrangement or classification of something into different groups	43
14640129363	Vernacular	the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region	44